bombaywalla
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| Cartridge for Spacedeck w/spacearm Another suggestion (that comes from a friend of mine who has exactly the same TT & arm): Benz Micro L2. I believe that he is having very good success with this combination after trying a number of cartridges incl. the 501 Mk2. The L2 has a ver... | |
| Michael Hedges. Fantastic CD......Aerial B..... Totally agree!As long as Michael doesn't sing, his music is excellent (of course, JMHO). His guitar playing prowess is superb. Too bad I discovered his music too late... | |
| Shelter + BentAudio loading: field test OK, guys, I have been reading this thread & also Romy's fruitful comments (!).I have a question for all of you: how does the quality of the loading resistors make any difference at all to the sound?The loading resistors are connected between t... | |
| Tube substitution chart on the Net? Clueless,That's a great set of references! Thanks! I always wanted to get access to such info but really don't have a need right now hence didn't press the issue.I have been reading many of your posts. Many times you sound anything but "clueless" ... | |
| Best new/demo/used value for $7.5K range My vote goes to Green Mountain Audio C3, which is the company's flagship model. You can get it for $6700 in the standard black finish but the price goes up slightly if you want a wood veneer. For $7.5K you can get a very nice looking GMA C3, brand... | |
| Seperate phono stage v.s. step up transformer The K&K Audio MC step-up based on Lundahl xformers does 1 of the 2 features of the Bent Audio step-up: fewest possible connections/joints in the signal path. In fact, Lundahl xformers are one of the very few xformers that come WITHOUT flying l... | |
| Seperate phono stage v.s. step up transformer Don't forget the Lundahl xformer based step-up from Kevin Carter of K&K Audio.This is *also* available in kit form for just $225! Kevin is a really nice fellow & will assemble the kit for you for under $300 total (i.e. kit + labour).The Lu... | |
| Upsampling put to "THE TEST": R U ready 2 take it? Zaikesman,I have read your long post very, very quickly but I think that I have the gist of it.Sometime back (say 1 to 1.5 months ago) some other A'gon members & I had a long discussion on upsampling & oversampling. Much EE stuff was discu... | |
| A fine jazz vocal CD SdCampbell,Thanks for the Jazz CD recommendation!I'm just trying to understand what her style sounds like vs. the vocalists I have already heard. OK, so if DK & PB are not "true Jazz singers" then would you consider any of the following to be ... | |
| Which speakers excel at low volume? Drubin,I have never heard any Thiels so far but I do own GMA floor standing speakers. I think that the Europas & the speakers I own have the same GMA "house" sound. Here is some info that be of further assistance (if you haven't already read t... | |
| Class A preamp or Class A amp I personally feel that your rig will be as good as the weakest link in the music signal chain. Two wrongs do *not* make a right in this hobby. To get the best possible sound, the "offending" component needs to removed totally & another better ... | |
| GMA Europas-first impressions Abbeydog,Good to read your initial impressions on the Europas. These speakers will improve all the way to the 100 hrs. mark & a bit beyond. Be sure to "exercise" them as Roy J. instructs in the user guide - this will help the speaker be more r... | |
| Which speakers excel at low volume? I own the Green Mountain C1.5i 3-way floor standing speakers. I agree with Jb3 that the GMA speakers (his prelim Europa recommendation & my C1.5i reco) sound good at low volumes. I listen often at night 11pm & later when the rest of the ho... | |
| VTA - High, Low, Where You go? Yes, this text is posted on AudioAsylum FAQ section. A very informative section in my estimation & one that all newbies posting here should be referred to.I learned a lot from that section when I was ready to setup my TT earlier this year. | |
| VTA - High, Low, Where You go? 4yanx,With the Goldring 1042-OL Silver 250 combination I use a positive VTA (i.e. pivot end raised slightly) for mostly Jazz & classical music. In the arm-is-parallel VTA position the 1042 sounds excellent, no doubt, to my ears but for Jazz, c... |